It wasn’t long before Erskine came out of the kitchen with two more bowls of clear porridge, placing them in front of Indra and Kong Lanyou respectively and adding bamboo chopsticks.
Zhang Ruochen and Kong Lanyou just sat opposite each other, each eating the congee, glancing towards each other from time to time, keeping a subtle atmosphere, neither of them willing to take the initiative to break that tranquillity.
Until a black fat cat, with a whoosh, rushed up from the door.
It stood with both feet on the ground, but the two in front were raised high, and its pair of round eyes, turning a bit, finally settled on Zhang Ruochen’s body as it walked over.
“Too bad, too bad, Zhang Ruochen, you don’t know, yesterday’s great battle in the Underworld King’s Sword Mound was so tragic that it scared this Emperor into hiding into the formation, otherwise, I’m afraid that it would have been hard to escape.”
Little Black climbed onto the wooden bench and sat on his bum, grabbing a piece of bamboo shoot and putting it into his mouth to take a bite, he seemed to feel that it was too vegetarian and spat it out again.
When Zhang Ruochen and the Shi Clan’s army had gone to besiege the Immortal Blood Clan in Golden Bird City, they had not brought Little Black with them.
At that time, Little Black should have been staying with Li-Min, preparing to impart to her some secrets of cultivating spiritual power.
When the Undying Blood Clan attacked the Underworld King’s Sword Mound, the first thing that happened was that Little Black brought Lai Min and hid in the volcano in the Sword Mound.
The formation it had set up in advance had come in handy.
It was precisely because of this that Little Black witnessed that tragic battle yesterday, and waited until the Immortal Blood Race retreated before it left the Underworld King’s Sword Mound and sought out the Sikong Zen Academy.
“You are unaware that the Undying Blood Clan’s army was truly overwhelming, one could only see the dense black dots flying in the sky, it was impossible to count the number.”Little Black said in a colourful voice.
Zhang Ruochen said, “On the outskirts of the Underworld Sword Mound, there are ancient formations that were set up by the great powers of the Middle Ages, did they also fail to block the army of the Immortal Blood Race?”
Xiao Hei shook his head and said, “It is said that the Undying Blood Clan invited a Formation Heavenly Master to destroy a small portion of the ancient formation’s formation inscriptions, and coupled with the fact that the Qingtian Blood Emperor personally came to the scene and used his supreme divine abilities, he was able to finally tear a 100-metre wide opening in the ancient formation and attacked his way in.”
“The clan leader of the Zhen Prison Ancient Clan, Wang Bei Lie, was captured by the Cyan Sky Blood Emperor and refined into a blood slave.”
“Wan Zhaobian used the Heavenly Destiny Talisman to change the rules of the Holy Dao, and even at the cost of half of his own blood, he used up a hundred years of his lifespan to mobilise 10% of the power that the Heavenly Destiny Emperor had left in the Heavenly Destiny Talisman. However, it was only able to block three strikes from the Cyan Heavenly Blood Emperor, and he was severely injured, barely escaping the Underworld Sword Mound, and was considered to have saved a life.”
“Ling Fei Yu led the clansmen of the Prison Suppressing Ancient Clan and retreated into the Sword Mound, borrowing the power of the fifteen Sword Saint Ancestors and erupting with the power of a Great Sage level, he battled with the Cyan Heavenly Blood Emperor for close to half an hour, and at that time, ten thousand swords flew in unison, and the clouds of blood covered the heavens, which could be described as shocking to the extreme. However, Ling Fei Yu was ultimately defeated and suffered heavy injuries, his life and death unknown, his whereabouts unknown, and the Burial Heavenly Sword and the Heaven Execution Sword fell into the hands of the Cyan Heavenly Blood Emperor.”
Even if Zhang Ruochen hadn’t seen that battle with his own eyes, he could still imagine that the battle at that time must have been quite shocking.
Wan Zhaoyi and Ling Feiyu were both the top human masters of the Kunlun Realm in the recent centuries, each having amazing chances and some heaven-defying cards, and only they were able to fight with the Cyan Heavenly Blood Emperor.
The rest of them simply did not even have the qualifications to make the Cyan Heavenly Blood Emperor fight.
Zhang Ruochen was slightly worried for Ling Feiyu.
She had taught Zhang Ruochen a lot of knowledge above the Sword Dao, and in a sense, Zhang Ruochen and Ling Fei Yu could be said to be both teachers and friends.
Little Black continued, “The four great wardens guarding the Underworld Dungeon, all of them awakened from their slumber and fought with the Qingtian Blood Emperor and that mysterious Formation Heavenly Master for a very long time.”
The four Great Wardens had extremely long lifespans, and each one of them was powerful, as well as being the last line of defence for the Underworld Dungeon.
Hearing this, Zhang Ruochen became a little nervous.
“One of the Four Great Wardens died in battle, and the other three were all severely injured, and just as the Qing Tian Blood Emperor was about to open the door to the Underworld Dungeon, a white-haired female demonic head flew in from beyond the heavens, and crushed and killed 100,000 Undying Blood Race members in just a single strike.”
“At that time, the corpses of the Undying Blood Clan fell down as if it were raining, turning the Sword Graveyard into a Cultivation Ground.”
Xiao Hei exhaled a long breath, patted his furry chest with his paw, and continued, “You are unaware that that female devil kills without a blink of an eye, is quite hideous and scary looking, has three heads and six arms, is three zhang tall, and has a waist width of three zhang ……”
Kong Lanyou interrupted it and said, “According to you, that female devil is not a quadrilateral-looking?”
“Hehehe! Count you smart, yes, it is four …… square ……”
Xiao Hei’s gaze, stared towards Kong Lan You, and immediately sucked in a mouthful of cool air, as if he was being strangled, unable to say anything else.
Isn’t this that female devil?Xiao Hei was stunned for a moment, thinking that he was hallucinating, he turned his head and stared at Zhang Ruochen, then immediately looked over towards Kong Lan You again.
This time, the look was clear.
Little Black swallowed a mouthful of saliva, licked his lips gently with his tongue, plopped down on top of the wooden stool, and called out, “Meow!”
It looked as if it was expressing that it was just a cat and hadn’t said anything just now.
Kong Lan You, however, did not intend to let it off so easily, stretching out a slender jade hand, touching Little Black’s head, in both pupils, there was a trace of holy light flickering, saying, “You’re not a body of flesh and blood, you should be a certain kind of spirit creature that has already gone through at least 100,000 years of baptism. Speak! Why are you staying by Zhang Ruochen’s side? What exactly is the purpose?”
With Kong Lanyou’s cultivation, she was naturally able to see through Xiao Hei’s true body; there were very few living beings that could be hidden from her eyes.
It was true that Little Black was immortal, however, an existence of Kong Lan You’s level was still able to beat it to death.
At this moment, Little Black was trembling all over as he hurriedly said, “Zhang Ruochen, you still don’t have time to explain for this Emperor, or else …… or else this Emperor will only be able to tell your secrets.”
Little Black did know many of Zhang Ruochen’s secrets, and Zhang Ruochen’s heart, too, tightened slightly as he said, “Elder Kong, Little Black is the spirit of one of my artefacts, so you don’t have to worry, it won’t be detrimental to me.”?”However, I am even more curious now, what secrets does it know about you?”
Kong Lanyou gently pursed her small red-lipped mouth, smiled, and looked at Little Black again, saying, “Didn’t you just say that I’m a female devil, that’s right, I’m a female devil. Say it! What exactly is Zhang Ruochen’s secret? As long as you tell me, I can help you regain your freedom and even remake your physical body.”
Kong Lanyou certainly wanted to, from Little Black’s mouth, ask something she wanted to know.
“You can really help this emperor regain his freedom?”Little Black was a little moved, a bright lustre emerging from inside his eyes.
Little Black had seen Kong Lanyou strike, even in the Middle Ages, she was definitely a rather terrifying and fierce person.
With her world-covering cultivation, it was indeed possible for her to help it and escape the seal of the Qiankun Divine Wood Diagram.
“Of course.”
Kong Lanyou said while observing the change in Zhang Ruochen’s expression, “However, it also depends on whether the secret you tell is that valuable.”
Little Black was quite pleased and said, “The secret that this Emperor is going to reveal is definitely something that you want to know.”?Zhang Ruochen’s expression froze as he said in a deep voice, “Little Black, do you want to be sealed back inside the scroll again?”
“Zhang Ruochen, this Emperor hates this kind of deceitful behaviour from you, what is it that you can’t just say? When you were hiding it from the wooden girl, this Emperor wanted to tell her.”?Afterwards, Little Black stared towards Kong Lan You and said, “This Emperor told you that Zhang Ruochen is no longer a child body. Zhang Ruochen has countless confidants by his side, but, this Emperor swears to the heavens that this secret is definitely the first one to tell you.”
As he said this, Little Black even raised a cat paw as if he was really swearing to the heavens.
Obviously, Little Black was under the impression that Zhang Ruochen had some sort of special relationship with Kong Lanyou before revealing this big secret that it considered to be the most earth-shattering.
Hearing this, Kong Lanyou was slightly stunned, and it was clear that the secret that Little Blackie had told her was beyond her expectations.
Immediately after, she glanced at Zhang Ruochen with a rather strange look.
Not far away, the three young monks who were eating their breakfast also all stopped and perked up their ears, wanting to hear more “secrets”.
At this moment, Zhang Ruochen, with dense black lines appearing on his forehead, took a deep breath.
Slowly, he took out the Qiankun Divine Wood Diagram and injected a steady stream of Holy Qi into it, and one inscription after another appeared on the surface of the scroll.
Sensing something bad, Little Black let out a strange cry and turned into a black shadow, rushing towards the outside of the Lenten Hall.
“Zhang Ruochen, this Emperor is just telling the truth, so why should you be annoyed, perhaps Lord Demoness doesn’t mind at all?”
“Wow-”
The light of the Qiankun Divine Wood Diagram flickered, and a powerful force emanated out, pulling Little Black back and sealing him back into the world of the diagram.
“Zhang Ruochen, you hypocrite, you even sealed this Emperor, this Emperor is just exposing your true colours, lest another woman falls for your tricks. You still have a lot of untold secrets, you have one foot in two boats, you have seen the body of the Sacred Book Talented Girl, you took in the Blood Moon Ghost King to satisfy your own selfish desires, and you deliberately went to mess with that little girl, Ri Min …… You are simply a beast …… beast……”
Little Black was very unconvinced and hissed in the picture scroll world.
Of course, its words only travelled into Zhang Ruochen’s ears, and outsiders couldn’t hear them at all.
Hearing Little Black’s words, Zhang Ruochen appeared calm. In fact, he wasn’t that angry, he was just worried that Little Black’s big mouth would continue to talk and expose more secrets.
At this stage, Kong Lanyou already had some suspicions about his identity, just not enough to be sure. Once Zhang Ruochen’s identity was established, who knew, what would she do next?
After all, Kong Lanyou was no longer the innocent little girl she once was, nowadays, she was proudly looking down on the world’s heroes and killing decisively, even though she still had a special feeling for Zhang Ruochen, she still had her own subjective views and firm will.
Whether she wanted to be good or bad to Zhang Ruochen, with Zhang Ruochen’s current cultivation level, she could not defy her.
Obviously, they were close at hand, but the gap in cultivation level, invariably, made the distance between the two somewhat distant.
